Video: Can Extending ESC wires kill your ESC? - ESC Basics

Extending the ESC wires on the motor side of the ESC will not cause destruction of the ESC. You may extend these wires safely. If you experience interference, twisting the motors wire will help combat this.

Extending the ESC wires on the battery side can certainly destroy your ESC. Now, it is not something that will instantly let the magic smoke out of the ESC. The capacitors on the ESC will be under more stress and can fail over time.

There is something that we can do to extend the wires on our ESC that will reinforce the capacitors on the board of the ESC. This will appear on the next video.

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